Help needed with defender.msi from ms.

I keep coming up with the following when I try to set up windows
defender on my xp machine.

This package could not be opened
verify that this is a valid installer package .

I read on google that one of kaspeskys updates cause a problem with
the antispyware from MS.
I tried to find an answer through google but only found pages
pertinent to MS office.
Any help would be appreciated.
--
"Politicians are like diapers. They should both be changed frequently
and for the same reason."

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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:29:54 GMT, joevan wrote:
>
>I keep coming up with the following when I try to set up windows
>defender on my xp machine.
>
>This package could not be opened
>verify that this is a valid installer package .

If you don't have XP SP2 and / or the MS Update SIte , updates you may
not have the newest MS Installer v 3.0 or 3.1 installed.
>I read on google that one of kaspeskys updates cause a problem with
>the antispyware from MS.
>I tried to find an answer through google but only found pages
>pertinent to MS office.

It's still MSI and pretty much the same sort of issues even though you
found info for Office.
>Any help would be appreciated.

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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:55:56 GMT, why?
<fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote:
>
>On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:29:54 GMT, joevan wrote:
>
>>
>>I keep coming up with the following when I try to set up windows
>>defender on my xp machine.
>>
>>This package could not be opened
>>verify that this is a valid installer package .
>
>Corrupt download try again, if your web browser uses a proxy try
>deselecting the proxy option and d/l again.
>
>If you don't have XP SP2 and / or the MS Update SIte , updates you may
>not have the newest MS Installer v 3.0 or 3.1 installed.
>
>>I read on google that one of kaspeskys updates cause a problem with
>>the antispyware from MS.
>>I tried to find an answer through google but only found pages
>>pertinent to MS office.
>
>It's still MSI and pretty much the same sort of issues even though you
>found info for Office.
>
>>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Me
Everything is updated and I am not using a proxy.
I have sp2 and all ms updates through today. 3.1 is in the files and
to make sure I reinstalled it a little while ago and nothing
different.
I recall a couple of days ago that the ms antspywarebeta started
acting differently. I tried to open it and it wouldn't completly open.
Then I clicked the icon again and it opened but not normally.
I finally deleted it through add remove programs. That was when I
noticed that I could not get the defender program to set up.
--
"Politicians are like diapers. They should both be changed frequently
and for the same reason."

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:28:31 GMT, joevan <>
wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:55:56 GMT, why?
><fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote:
>
>>
>>On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:29:54 GMT, joevan wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I keep coming up with the following when I try to set up windows
>>>defender on my xp machine.
>>>
>>>This package could not be opened
>>>verify that this is a valid installer package .
>>
>>Corrupt download try again, if your web browser uses a proxy try
>>deselecting the proxy option and d/l again.
>>
>>If you don't have XP SP2 and / or the MS Update SIte , updates you may
>>not have the newest MS Installer v 3.0 or 3.1 installed.
>>
>>>I read on google that one of kaspeskys updates cause a problem with
>>>the antispyware from MS.
>>>I tried to find an answer through google but only found pages
>>>pertinent to MS office.
>>
>>It's still MSI and pretty much the same sort of issues even though you
>>found info for Office.
>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>Me
>Everything is updated and I am not using a proxy.
>I have sp2 and all ms updates through today. 3.1 is in the files and
>to make sure I reinstalled it a little while ago and nothing
>different.
>I recall a couple of days ago that the ms antspywarebeta started
>acting differently. I tried to open it and it wouldn't completly open.
>Then I clicked the icon again and it opened but not normally.
>I finally deleted it through add remove programs. That was when I
>noticed that I could not get the defender program to set up.
I don't understand it but after compressing the file with win rar it
now works fine.
--
"Politicians are like diapers. They should both be changed frequently
and for the same reason."

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:59:20 GMT, joevan wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:28:31 GMT, joevan <>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:55:56 GMT, why?
>><fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:29:54 GMT, joevan wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I keep coming up with the following when I try to set up windows
>>>>defender on my xp machine.
>>>>
>>>>This package could not be opened
>>>>verify that this is a valid installer package .
>>>
>>>Corrupt download try again, if your web browser uses a proxy try
>>>deselecting the proxy option and d/l again.
>>>
>>>If you don't have XP SP2 and / or the MS Update SIte , updates you may
>>>not have the newest MS Installer v 3.0 or 3.1 installed.
>>>
>>>>I read on google that one of kaspeskys updates cause a problem with
>>>>the antispyware from MS.
>>>>I tried to find an answer through google but only found pages
>>>>pertinent to MS office.
>>>
>>>It's still MSI and pretty much the same sort of issues even though you
>>>found info for Office.
>>>
>>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>Me
>>Everything is updated and I am not using a proxy.
>>I have sp2 and all ms updates through today. 3.1 is in the files and
<snip>
>>I recall a couple of days ago that the ms antspywarebeta started
>>acting differently. I tried to open it and it wouldn't completly open.
<snip>
>I don't understand it but after compressing the file with win rar it
>now works fine.

That's got to be the award for a daft solution of the month.

Most likely the downloads are compressed already, even though the d/l is
an exe.

It may well be what happens using 2 beta products. One was stopping the
other working?

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